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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Heyder:
Shouldn't the copyright year should match the year the document was created or last edited?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I don't think it matters all that much, your stuff is yours regardless of whether you put the notice on a page or whether it's this year or not. That said, I use a .gif and just upload a new identically sized one with the new year in it.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Heyder:
Shouldn't the copyright year should match the year the document was created or last edited?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's what I thought. Hence, mine is still 1996. Looking at that though, some might think that was the last time I used it. Maybe I'll put 1996 - 2004.

I like the idea of the gif.. when I first made my pages I made most of the pages static and now that they're all indexed with a PR of 3 or 4 I don't want to switch to another format such as SSI or PHP for includes and lose it for however long it takes google to see the change.

All new pages I make are such that I can use php, ssi, static, or asp with the option of switching between each type with no change in PR

Heyder Quote: "Shouldn't the copyright year should match the year the document was created or last edited?"

It is supposed to mean that, but back in the book, paper world, online it's really only so that your cust's can see you have new products, content, etc., and perhaps have been around a few years. Unless you have name recognition like Yahoo, Google then you only neeed "2004", Period

Legally does not really matter online, since people copy your site and steal your money with parasites at the same time.

The use of a copyright notice is no longer required under U.S. law, although it is often beneficial. Because prior law did contain such a requirement, however, the use of notice is still relevant to the copyright status of older works. read more...notrequired

I'm aware of the htaccess options to parse html and may add it if my host would allow(I'm at under a dozen pages so it's not a big deal YET). I do like my new site structure though.. clean bookmarks and all

I've read that adding html to the parsing may add to cpu overhead, these shared hosting providers can be really picky about that sort of thing(especially message boards) due to hundreds of other sites being on the same server.

As for copyright notice, that may be the case for US law but I add them to pages to cover other countries that would abide by it. If someone is out to steal your content it's not going to stop them initially anyways.

There's also that bit about websites not being a proper entity to identify as the copyright holder unless it is also your business name.. something like that.. so I use my real name next to the copyright notice.